The Economic Collapse and a People’s Plan for Recovery
  • March 23, 2009

The Economic Collapse and a People’s Plan for Recovery

The Economic Collapse and a People’s Plan for Recovery

A panel discussion on the economic meltdown with Joseph Stiglitz, Barbara Ehrenreich, Bill Fletcher, Jr., Jeff Madrick and Christopher Hayes.

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On March 6, The Nation and The Nation Institute gathered a panel for a discussion about the financial crisis. Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, author and activist Barbara Ehrenreich, Black Commentator‘s Bill Fletcher, Jr., The New School’s Jeff Madrick and The Nation‘s DC editor

Christopher Hayes

held a wide-ranging debate about the origins of the financial collapse, the efficacy of President Obama’s stimulus package and various proposals for the future. The event marked the publication of Meltdown: How Greed and Corruption Shattered Our Financial System and How We Can Recover (Nation Books) by Katrina vanden Heuvel and the editors of The Nation.

Meltdown: The Economic Collapse and a People’s Plan for Recovery will also be broadcast on CSpan’s Book-TV on April 5th at 3PM and April 6th at 6:15AM.

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